World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is abbreviated as WoW. This is a massive multiplayer game mostly played online. This was released by Blizzard Entertainment. This was the fourth released game set in the universe of Wow. The story of the game takes place in the world of Azeroth, nearly four years after the conclusion of the Blizzard's Warcraft release Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. The release of World of Warcraft was announced on 23rd November 2004, in relation with the 10th anniversary of the franchise of Warcraft.

The initial expansion of the set of the game was released on 16th January 2007. The second was announced on 13th November the next year. The third was announced in 2009. With a vast subscription of 11.5 million per month, the World of Warcraft is now the most subscribed MMORPG and has the

Guinness World Record for the most number of subscriptions. This game holds nearly 62 percentage of the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) market's subscription.

The Wow is universally praised by critics. On release, that came after a long period of anticipation prior to the launch the game received a very good rating. Though the game still follows the same pattern and has many similar roles playing, the approach was fresh and new. The game would not charge high penalties for a death. The pauses between play or downtime was reduced considerably and this added to the liking of the game. The game attracted all players as causal players would be able to play for a short period and still gain something.

Why do we like World of Warcraft?

The World of Warcraft offers the largest number of subscriptions over the internet and this is a very huge playground where people from all over the world plays together. This was a very interesting concept and gained the attention of millions.

Why is World of Warcraft famous?

The critics gave it the best rating after a long anticipation for the release. The game holds the Gunnies World Record for maximum subscriptions and this itself shows hoe famous it is. The game offers the chance to join any of the races and fight for them.